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$142.89 -2.78 (-1.91%)
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SPSC vs. AKAM, YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, ANGI, LQDT, OPEN, TTGT, and BCOV

Should you be buying SPS Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPS Commerce include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), TechTarget (TTGT), and Brightcove (BCOV). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

SPS Commerce vs.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 9 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 1.18 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akamai Technologies
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SPS Commerce
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $103.26, indicating a potential upside of 36.16%. SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $195.38, indicating a potential upside of 36.73%. Given SPS Commerce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Akamai Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akamai Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
SPS Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Akamai Technologies received 587 more outperform votes than SPS Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.55% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 68.29% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akamai TechnologiesOutperform Votes
1232
68.29%
Underperform Votes
572
31.71%
SPS CommerceOutperform Votes
645
73.55%
Underperform Votes
232
26.45%

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akamai Technologies$4.02B2.76$504.92M$2.9725.54
SPS Commerce$669.74M8.10$77.05M$2.1466.77

Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 12.65% compared to SPS Commerce's net margin of 12.08%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.35% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akamai Technologies12.65% 14.35% 6.74%
SPS Commerce 12.08%12.27%10.10%

94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats SPS Commerce on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPSC vs. The Competition

MetricSPS CommercePrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.43B$26.37B$24.26B$8.31B
Dividend YieldN/A1.73%2.62%4.10%
P/E Ratio70.04119.8332.6019.59
Price / Sales8.1015.47357.70135.12
Price / Cash39.6086.0630.9334.64
Price / Book6.319.245.384.50
Net Income$77.05M$438.27M$195.96M$248.60M
7 Day Performance-5.33%-0.38%-1.18%-0.88%
1 Month Performance2.78%13.33%8.72%7.91%
1 Year Performance-26.29%21.55%18.20%8.67%

SPS Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.2844 of 5 stars
$142.89
-1.9%
$195.38
+36.7%
-26.1%$5.43B$669.74M70.042,220Positive News
Gap Down
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7161 of 5 stars
$77.87
-0.2%
$103.26
+32.6%
-19.3%$11.39B$4.02B23.899,800Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.7829 of 5 stars
$38.53
-1.6%
$34.00
-11.8%
+2.8%$2.51B$1.44B20.074,900Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.4738 of 5 stars
$32.84
+0.8%
$47.00
+43.1%
-43.3%$1.38B$1.42B27.834,900Positive News
Gap Down
CMPR
Cimpress
4.7669 of 5 stars
$45.02
+0.3%
$62.50
+38.8%
-48.5%$1.12B$3.37B7.4516,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
QNST
QuinStreet
2.8255 of 5 stars
$15.40
+0.3%
$29.00
+88.3%
-19.1%$869.62M$1.03B-70.00790Positive News
ANGI
Angi
3.2316 of 5 stars
$16.75
+2.3%
$21.36
+27.5%
-24.1%$803.78M$1.13B209.404,600High Trading Volume
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8941 of 5 stars
$24.72
+0.9%
$38.50
+55.7%
+24.3%$771.78M$439.25M32.96740News Coverage
Positive News
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.5895 of 5 stars
$0.79
+1.1%
$1.55
+95.5%
-67.9%$573.53M$5.13B-1.472,570High Trading Volume
TTGT
TechTarget
3.8754 of 5 stars
$8.18
-2.2%
$25.17
+207.7%
-74.9%$239.14M$257.41M-19.481,000Gap Down
BCOV
Brightcove
0.4756 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720

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